Rev 20 Redlights wrote on Jan 30
th, 2023 at 5:43pm:
(and this does not even include their recording activity between 2006-2014
which I believe is also in play)
The only actual recording sessions between 2005 and 2015, to the best of my knowledge was 3-4 days in Paris in August 2012 that produced 'One More Shot' and 'Doom to Gloom'. Maybe some more stuff was tried out but to get two songs out of such a short session was pretty good, so its hard to imagine it was anything substantial.
Mick and Keith were barely on speaking terms for a while after 'Life' came out. It was easily the closest the band have come to breaking up since the mid 80's. I remember we broke the story of the band playing together (with Bill) for a few days in London in December 2011 and then again in New Jersey 5 months later (with Don Was and Darryl on bass) but I think these were more jam sessions/rehearsals than actual recording sessions
Obviously theres been lots of overdubs done for some of the album reissues in that time frame, but they were just done with a band member or two present instead of an actual band session.
December 11,14 & 15 2015 were the session dates listed for 'Blue and Lonesome' but they'd been playing for a few days before that working on new material before, by their own admission, they 'hit a wall' and ended up doing the blues album instead.